Focus on logistics policy at PM GatiShakti workshop for NE states

The two-day regional workshop on PM GatiShakti National Master Plan -- organised by the Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT), under the Ministry of Commerce and Industry -- concluded here on Saturday, with more than 140 officials and industry players taking part in the session. The theme for the second day was National Logistics Policy. States, including Assam, Manipur, Mizoram, and Tripura, gave presentations on their respective logistics policy, she said. DPITT Special Secretary (Logistics) Sumita Dawra said that these workshops are facilitating wider adoption of the PM GatiShakti National Master Plan and National Logistics Policy across states and Union territories (UTs), in the spirit of cooperative federalism. Such initiatives bring more vigour and build synergy among different stakeholders resulting in mutual learning among states or UTs and central ministries or departments, she said. On the first day, the workshop had focused on ways to strength